Nigeria: The National Conference 2014: Report of the Committee on Citizenship, Immigration and Related Matters

Published: 14/May/2014
Source: Government of Nigeria

As part of the efforts to finding a common consensus on issues of national development, the 2014 National Conference, on the 17th of April 2014, set up twenty committees amongst which is the Committee on Citizenship, Immigration and related matters to discuss issues related thereto and generate recommendations as appropriate.

This report therefore is a summary of the views as expressed by the Committee on Citizenship, Immigration and related matters and its recommendations to be presented to the Plenary Session of the National Conference.

In carrying out its assignments, the Committee deliberated on the following thematic areas:

• Census
• Integrated National Database
• Citizenship and Nationality
• Residency and Indigeneity
• Dual Citizenship
• Movement of persons, goods and services
• Immigration and Internal Security
• Border Control
• Refugee and Asylum
• Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

Full Report: Nigeria National Conference 2014 full report of Citizenship and Immigration Committee

Executive summary: Nigeria National Conference 2014 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Report of Citizenship and Immigration Committee

Full report of the conference available here (recommendations of the committee at chapter 5.2, from p.105): https://www.premiumtimesng.com/national-conference/download-nigeria-2014-national-conference-report-ngconfab-2/

Themes: Acquisition of nationality, Acquisition by children, Discrimination, Ethnic/Racial/Religious, Gender, Dual Nationality, Naturalisation and Marriage, ID Documents and Passports
Regions: Nigeria
Year: 2014